User blog comment:Thornclaw Braveheart/The Curse of the Black Shadow/@comment-3474228-20120110005200

Name: Altan Firepaw

Species: Gray Wolf

Gender: Male

Age: 34 seasons

Weapons: A deadly set of claws on each paw, along with savage teeth made for ripping. His sole weapon is a large barbed trident, which inflicts massive pain at a single touch

Personality: His maniacal ability to strike fear into the hearts of all creatures, be it woodlander or vermin, makes him unique, even when that is not his goal. He can become a wild animal making no sense, even when not when undergoing his transformation. This insanity and creepiness makes it hard to stand still in front of him, much less fight him. For this reason, he is a good asset to have in an army and in war. Other than this creepy aura, he usually shows no emotion, until the full moon rises. Then, he is transformed into a mad beast beyond proportion and beyond reasoning. At this point, he forgets all his affiliations, and cannot be controlled.

Appearance: Altan has much more fur than most wolves, a fur that is usually a gray color, but can turn on a silvery glow in the light of the moon. Most of the time, his eyes are slits and are hard to see under his fur and eyelids, but when open, they appear to be unnatural white orbs in his sockets, which adds to his spook factor. His muscular arms are long and bulky, with large gruesome paws with deadly curved claws at the end. These claws are stained red with the dried blood of enemies that he never wiped off (This is how his family's surname originated). His feet are also very large, and his back is curved at a semi-hunched angle. This allows him to run faster and makes him appear like a deformed giant

Alignment: Neutral so far, but with easily changeable opinions

Curse Effects: Lycanthropy

Background: Altan's childhood is mostly unknown, but he was born as the child of two powerful Lycanthropes, and therefore combined their bloodlines as one. He became independent early on, and fought off many attackers, both allies of Vesor, who sought him to join their army, and Redwall creatures, who had set out to wipe out his kind. From a bad personal experience, he developed a mortal fear of silver, which luckily for him, enabled him to avoid all enemies with silver weapons in the future